Improved spring- bed-bottom



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t GEORGE O; OAPEN, OE PROVIDENOE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIeNoE, BY- MESNEASSIGNMENT, 'ro` STEPHEN A. BANNER, OEV SAME PLAOE.

Lette/rs Patent No. 103,138, dated May 17, 1870.

IIMIEROVEED SPRING BED-BQTTOM.

'.lheI Schedule' referred to in Lh'ese Letters Patent and making part ofthe saine To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE O.OAPEN, of the city and county of Providenceand State of Rhode Island,have Vinvented a new and Improved SpringBed-Bottom and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe saine, reference being had to' the accompanying drawings -makingpart of this speciticatijon, in vwhich-y Figure lis a vvertical sectionof a bedstead/ with my improved spring bottom and Figure 2 is a plan vofthesamc.

Similar letters indicate corresponding the iigures. Y

My invention consists of' a set of slats upon two crossipieces at theirends, and two long side springs in combination, said side `:springs`being secured `near their middle tothe sides of the` bedstead-frame,with the parts in .all

tf1-ee 'ends extending each way toward the head and foot of the bed,upon which ends rest the two crosspieoes which 'support theslatsorbottom upon which the mattress rests. i n the said drawings* `isthe-frame ofthe bedstead, the two side pieces being'ma'rked F2.

'.lo the latter are attached, upon thev inside, two

spring piecesm m, by screws or bolts a d, fig.` 1.

These springs may be either of woodor metab'but -I preferito make themof some springy wood, such as ash, hickory, or otherlkind. l

,l'lhe springs of either taper from the portion near the middle, wheretheyare secured, to-their' ends, and an additional support' may beemployed at the middle by a blockof wood, E, screwed or` bolted-firmlyiosagging.

the side piece Ffto prevent the spring body of 'the Occupantof' the bedstiffer, and capable ot' supporting'the greater weight vthan the lowereX- tremities of `the body.. Y

The slats,.o r bottom frame, D D, of the bedstead are supported upon thetwo cross-pieces G G,- at each end thereof', to which they may besecured by pins e c, &c. The two ends of the crosspeces rest upon thefree ends of the' springs in fm, so' that this entire frame is subjectedto the elastic action of these springs.

A bed-bottoni thus constructed, besides the extreme elasticity which isderived from the unusual range ot' action of the longl springs fm m, ischeap, durable, and cleanly, and can readily be made by the mostordinary wood workman.

'Having described my invention,

What'I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v 'lhe two`side springs m. m, having their ends free in space, in combination withthe bottom frame D D, and its cross-pieces G G, the latter resting onthe free ends of thesprings, substantially as shown and described.

In testimonyfwhereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 19th day'ofOctober, 1869.

GEO. O. GAPEN.

-Witnesses.:

ISAAC A. BUNNE'LL, ROBERT BANKEN.

piece m ,from Thesaid spring pieces are secured ata po-` sition nearerto the head than to the foot of the bedstead, in order to maketherspring's that support the

